First bite & our son said “This is my favorite meal.” Elevated Cottage Pie (Shepard Pie’s Cousin) From one of our favorite chefs, cocolarkincooks she’s a genius!. Our 18 yr old begged us to make it… and it was incredible. This is our slightly adapted version of her Hachis Parmentier recipe. Original recipe is on her Substack. Ingredients – Beef • 5 lbs chuck steak, cut into 2” pieces • 4 tbsp butter, 2 tbsp olive oil, salt • 3 carrots, 4 celery stalks, ½ red onion, rough chopped • 1 bottle red wine, 3 cups beef broth • 2 heads garlic, halved • Rosemary + thyme, tied Ingredients – Veg & Sauce • 3 tbsp olive oil • 1 large yellow onion, 3 carrots & 5 celery stalks, diced • 10 cloves garlic, minced • 3–4 tbsp tomato paste, salt • 4 tbsp melted butter + 4 tbsp flour (don’t prep until Step 6) Ingredients – Potatoes • 8 lbs Yukon gold potatoes, heavily salted water • 2–3 cups milk, 6 tbsp butter, 1 cup Gruyère, ½ cup Parmesan Directions 1. Season beef liberally with maldonsalt salt &...